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The former reporter said: 'This is not a joke: I’m blacklisted by the Indonesian government'

The new bride took to Facebook to share her shock of being detained without reason.

'This is not a joke: I’m blacklisted by the Indonesian government,' she wrote.

Ms Lopez said she was forced to sit on a couch while being detained for close to 24 hours.

'This was meant to be a holiday from university, officially on leave. My honeymoon. But the immigration staff member kept asking if I was a journalist and if I’d ‘done something bad to Indonesia,' she added.

Ms Lopez said she is 'devastated' by news of her deportation.

'It's the first place I moved to as an adult, have visited so many times since, to learn the language and to visit people who have become some of my best friends in the world,' she said on Facebook.

'This was meant to be a holiday from university, officially on leave. My honeymoon,' Ms Lopez said on Facebook

Belinda Lopez had been detained at Bali’s Denpasar airport on Friday after officials accused her of being a journalist

Belinda took to Twitter to question why she has been blacklisted by the Indonesian government

It was a holiday that wasn't meant to be for the former reporter.

Just a few days before her flight to Indonesia from Australia, Mz Lopez found out her newlywed husband Sebastien Leveque would not be joining her.

Mr Leveque's passport was due to expire in five months. Yet you need at least six months of validity to enter Indonesia.

'Literally the biggest honeymoon fail update ever. I am going on my honeymoon to Indonesia by myself,' Ms Lopez said on Facebook.

Just a few days before her flight to Indonesia from Australia, Mz Lopez found out her newlywed husband Sebastien Leveque (pictured, left) would not be joining her

The newly wed (pictured) said she was forced to sit on a couch while being detained for close to 24 hours

'I'm sorry universe for mocking the honeymoon industrial complex for so long. Now, I pay,' she continued.

Almost a decade ago Ms Lopez was an editor for a newspaper in Jakarta and has also produced a series of podcasts for the ABC.

A freelance journalism site says she won awards in 2012 and 2013 for reporting, including a report on juvenile incarceration in the United States.

She is currently a PhD student at Sydney's Macquarie University, studying the cultural experiences of migrants to Java, Indonesia.

Ms Lopez (pictured) took to Facebook to share her detainment updates. She said she was forced to sit on a couch and will be detained for close to 24 hours before being deported

Indonesia's police and military are frequently accused of human rights abuses in Papua.

A recent Amnesty International report documented 95 unlawful killings by security forces in Papua since 2008.

Human Rights Watch researcher Andreas Harsono said it's not the first time a journalist has been prevented to entering Papua.